Sunwar the Dead

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Sunwar the Dead
Studio album by Elend
Released	2004
Recorded	Studio des Moines, The Fall
Genre	Neoclassical
Length	59:04
Label	Holy Records, Prophecy Productions
Elend chronology
Winds Devouring Men (1998)	Sunwar the Dead (2004)	A World in Their Screams (-)

Sunwar the Dead is an album by neoclassical band Elend. It is the second album in the Winds Cycle.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Musicians 2.1 Vocals 2.2 Strings 2.2.1 Violins 2.2.2 Violas 2.2.3 Cellos 2.2.4 Basses 2.3 Winds 2.4 Percussion

[edit] Track listing

1. "Chaomphalos" – 4:24
2. "Ardour" – 5:10
3. "Sunwar the Dead" – 4:31
4. "Ares in Their Eyes" – 6:02
5. "The Hemlock Sea" – 5:40
6. "La terre n'aime pas le sang" – 5:00
7. "A Song of Ashes" – 6:34
8. "Laceration" – 5:04
9. "Poliorketika" – 4:32
10. "Blood and Grey Skies Entwined" – 6:00
11. "Threnos" – 6:00

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Vocals

• Solo soprano: Esteri Rémond
• Female choir: Camille Balarie, Louise Legendre, Julia Michaelis, Chloé Nadeau, Esteri Rémond, Séverine Ronsard, Anna Maria Sarasto, Karine Sylvain

[edit] Strings

• Solo violin, first violin, solo viola, conductor: David Kempf

[edit] Violins

• First violins: Ismaël Guy, Inga Larusdottir, Elsa Saulnier
• Second violins: Sylvain Daumard, Hélène Hector, Sébastien Thaumon
• Third violins: Émilie Dunand, Étienne Philibert, Isabelle Robel

[edit] Violas

• First violas: Shinji Chihara, David Choreman, Mathieu Hilbert
• Second violas: Sandra Cardon, Judith Thomas, Emma Urbanek
• Third violas: Julie Corda, Alexandre Grimaud, Anne Tigier

[edit] Cellos

• First cellos: Vincent Catulescu, Catherine Fiolka
• Second cellos: Anne Fournier, Benjamin Rabenau
• Third Cellos: Christian Dourinat, Éléonore Toinon

[edit] Basses

• Basses: Raymond Lebars, Yves Levignon, Arnaud Pioncet

[edit] Winds

• Nay flutes: Nizar Attawi
• Bass flute: Estelle Sandrard
• Oboe: Vladimir Jamet
• Bass clarinet: Michaël Hardy
• Trumpet, French horn: Klaus Amann
• French horns: Samir Husseini, Philippe Laumond
• Clarinets: Camille Drillon, Samuel Gresch
• Trombone: Arnaud Pasquier
• Bass trombone: René Adam

[edit] Percussion

• Timpani, Bass drums: Marc Bertaud
• Bass drums, snare drum: Alexandre Clément
• Cymbals, gongs, tam-tam: Paul Lantenot
• Various bells, steel drums, windchimes: Pierre Mangin
• Industrial devices: Simon Eberl

All other instruments (flutes, prepared piano, spinet and other keyboards, santur, percussion) and vocals, sound-design and programming by Iskandar Hasnawi, Sébastien Roland and Renaud Tschirner.

Elend

Discography

Officium Tenebrarum: Leçons de Ténèbres - Les Ténèbres du Dehors - The Umbersun

Winds Cycle: Winds Devouring Men - Sunwar the Dead - A World in Their Screams

Others: Weeping Nights